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Death of a River: The Colorado River Delta
What happens when a river doesn't reach the sea? Watch our new video to find out.
By Alexandra Cousteau | March 2, 2011In August, Alexandra Cousteau's Expedition Blue Planet crossed over the Arizona/Mexican border to follow the Colorado's dry riverbed to its historic mouth in the Upper Gulf of California where its nutrient-rich waters no longer reach the sea. This short film tracks the ghost of a mighty river that used to run free over this land half a century ago.
Interview: Jennifer Pitt - Environmental Defense Fund
Jennifer Pitt points out that we have hit the age of limits on the Colorado River
By Anonymous | October 21, 2010Jennifer Pitt, Director, Colorado River Program at the Environmental Defense Fund tells it like it is in this short film. As Pitt and Alexandra stand on the banks of the All American Canal that siphons one fifth of the Colorado River to grow crops in California, Pitt points out that we have hit the age of limits on the Colorado: Simply put, demand now outstrips supply. All those 30 million people at the tap of the Colorado River must redress their water needs if this region is to continue to grow and thrive sustainably.
Age of Limits: 21st Century Water Management
Will America’s largest reservoir ever fill up again? Alexandra Cousteau’s Expedition Blue Planet investigates
By Anonymous | October 20, 2010Hoover Dam is the heart of the American west’s water supply, a powerhouse for irrigation and farming in the region. But today a combination of drought and overuse have drained it half dry leaving a 135 foot high “bathtub ring” mark around Lake Mead. Will America’s largest reservoir ever fill up again as the water wars between cities, farmers and nature play out? Alexandra Cousteau’s Expedition Blue Planet investigates.
Crew voices: A tale of two rivers
Series Director Ben Pederick tells the story of this America's great rivers' water woes
By Anonymous | October 1, 2010
Ben Pederick gets in the water looking for the best shot in El Golfo de Santa Clara, in Sonora, Mexico on the fifthh day of the expedition's visit to the Colorado River Delta. ©Blue Legacy/Oscar Durand
The Colorado River
Rough Cuts: Pat Mulroy - General Manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority
Women in Water Management
By Anonymous | September 26, 2010
As General Manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Pat Mulroy has sometimes had to deal with more than just keeping Las Vegas quenched.
She reveals to Alexandra Cousteau, an intimate memory of her first water conference.
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Expedition Blue Planet visits the death of the Colorado in Mexico, August 2010.
By Anonymous | September 19, 2010Expedition Voices: Brad Udall likens Lake Mead to a glass half empty
Alexandra Cousteau interviews Brad Udall, director of the University of Colorado’s Western Water Assessment
By Alexandra Cousteau | September 15, 2010
John Wesley Powell: Explorer of the American West
Explorer of the American West
By Alexandra Cousteau | September 8, 2010As Expedition Blue Planet explored the Colorado River’s headwaters, John Wesley Powell’s name came up again and again. In this short film Alexandra Cousteau, and the experts she interviewed, elaborate on the story of this remarkable man who rafted the Colorado’s uncharted waters in the late 1800s and foretold of its mismanagement long before it was tamed.
Crew Video: East to West Coast
Watch as they muck through the icy cold headwaters of the Colorado River filming "The Headwaters", raft its biggest water through Cataract Canyon in Utah and make their way up into Canada.
By Anonymous | September 7, 2010Alexandra discusses water use and management with Taylor Hawes
Taylor Hawes, Director of the Nature Conservancy's Colorado River Program
By Anonymous | August 30, 2010Alexandra Cousteau, explorer, filmmaker and environmental advocate discusses water use and management of the oversubscribed Colorado River with Taylor Hawes, Director of the Nature Conservancy's Colorado River Program, in this three minute film by Expedition Blue Planet.
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